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AIDS in Kenya: Hunger's Tragic Link to HIV

In Kenya's western Suba District, AIDS has ravaged fishing communities up and down Lake Victoria. Women have been hardest hit, and an entire generation of children has been orphaned.

The first of a two-part report details why women trade sex for food, and how HIV touches all aspects of life -- and also how women shunned for their illness are finding support amongst themselves.

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Cory Turner edits and reports for the NPR Ed team.